For population 25 years and over in Rockaway:

For population 15 years and over in Rockaway borough:

Never married: 35.5%

Now married: 50.2%

Separated: 0.7%

Widowed: 4.9%

Divorced: 8.8%

1,325 residents are foreign born (5.6% Asia, 3.5% Europe).

This borough:

20.4%

New Jersey:

21.2%

According to our research of New Jersey and other state lists there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Rockaway, New Jersey as of March 31, 2015.The ratio of number of residents in Rockaway to the number of sex offenders is 2,162 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average.

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 5.8%
(5.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.4% for Black residents, 12.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 22.1% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)